The Before Times
World War II ended in 1945, shortly after Japan bombed this American naval port.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This doll, introduced in 1959, became hugely popular in the 60s.
What is Barbie?
The Village People loved to stay at this place 1978, a place where you could swim, go to the gym, or kick back and have some fun.
What is the Y.M.C.A.?
In 1988, Nike first used this slogan that has stood the test of time.
What is Just Do It?
The group NWA burst on to the rap scene in the 90's with their album exclaiming they were "Straight Outta" this place.
What is Compton?
"The Office" revolves around coworkers at this paper company in Scranton PA.
What is Dunder Mifflin?
This world altering pandemic first made ground in the US in march of 2020.
What is COVID 19?
The majority of the US Civil War took place in this decade.
What are the 1860's?
The United States was trying to beat Russia to the moon in the 1960's in a rivalry called this.
What is "The Space Race"?
This geological toy "pet" only existed for 1 year from 1975-1976 despite needing no instructions on how to care for it.
What is a pet rock?
He was one of the biggest actors of the 80's going to a galaxy far far away and to a temple of doom.
Who is Harrison Ford?
This football star was accused of killing two people in 1995, but was eventually found not criminally guilty because of a glove.
Who is O.J. Simpson?
This video uploading and streaming service was first introduced in 2005, where it told "you" to be the star.
What is youtube?
This NBA player broke the record for all time points scored on Feb. 7 2023.
Who is Lebron James?
Franz Ferdinand was shot in 1914, an event that started this war.
What is WW1?
This "amazing" comic book super hero made his first appearance in 1962.
Who is Spiderman?
This genre of music, and the ball that came with it, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970's.
What is Disco?
"Thriller" was this artist's most popular album, released in 1982.
Who is Michael Jackson?
This pop star’s very public 2007 breakdown included shaving her head.
Who is Britney Spears?
This movie released in 2008, and became the first of many movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
What is Iron Man?
This movie was the biggest movie of 2012 as it was the first time where we saw many A-List superheroes on the screen together.
What is The Avengers?
This document, signed in 1776, declared American independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This British band is known for songs like “All You Need Is Love,” “Hey Jude,” and “Let It Be,” and played a major role in shaping 1960s music culture.
Who are The Beatles?
This scandal revealed deep concerns about executive power and government transparency, ultimately reshaping public trust in U.S. political institutions.
What is the Watergate scandal?
The term "Nothing but net" was first used in a McDonalds commercial where Magic Johnson played this other star in a game of horse for a Big Mac.
Who is Larry Bird?
This 2000 presidential election controversy centered on recounts in this state.
What is Florida?
This TV series ran from 2000-2007 and focuses on the starring female characters of Rory and Lorelai.
What is Gilmore Girls?
The video to this song by a South Korean musician became an Internet sensation in 2012
What is Gangnam Style?
This 1929 economic collapse exposed weaknesses in speculative investing and banking systems, leading to widespread unemployment and long-term reforms in federal financial policy.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
This 1963 speech by Martin Luther King Jr. became a defining moment of the Civil Rights Movement.
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr.?
In 1977 the first movie in this series was released with the main character originally being called Luke Starkiller.
What is Star Wars?
In 1989, Nintendo released this, widely considered to be the first hand-held video game console.
What is the Game Boy?
This Kendrick Lamar diss track became a viral anthem during his 2024 feud with Drake.
What is "Not Like Us"?
This movie was the highest grossing movie of all time before Avengers: Endgame took its title.
What is Avatar?
This actor soared in popularity in the 2020's starring in shows where he takes care of kids.
Who is Pedro Pascal?
This early 20th-century constitutional amendment expanded democratic participation by granting voting rights to Women.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This war divided Americans and led to widespread protests on college campuses.
What is the Vietnam War?
This 1975 film about a giant man-eating shark became a summer blockbuster phenomenon.
What is Jaws?
This Cold War strategy, associated with U.S. policy in the 1980s, aimed to deter nuclear attack through military buildup.
What is “Peace Through Strength”?
This 2008 economic crisis caused a global recession and became a major topic in news headlines and political debate.
What is the 2008 financial crisis?
This Disney animated film was the first animated movie to win best picture at the Oscars in 1992.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
The memorial of this Cincinnati Zoo gorilla became a viral sensation in 2016.
Who is Harambe?
Yale competed against this university in 1874 in the first every college football game.
What is Harvard?
This band rolled on the scene and rivaled The Beatles during the “British Invasion.”
Who are The Rolling Stones?
The crew upon the Apollo 13 space flight said this to mission control when there was a leak in their oxygen reserves.
What is "Houston we have a problem"?
This 1980s technology revolutionized how people watched movies at home using videotapes.
What is VHS?
This reality TV family became famous in the 2000s and later dominated social media, fashion, and celebrity culture.
Who are the Kardashian family?
This "cool" song was the first rap song to hit No. 1 on the Billboards chart.
What is Ice Ice Baby?
This album released at the end of 2022, had a Cinderella moment, but instead of becoming a pumpkin it quickly became the highest selling of the year.
What is Midnights?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1960s movement reshaped youth identity through opposition to traditional social norms, emphasizing peace, communal living, and anti-war protest, and it became closely tied to music and festival culture.
What is the Hippie movement?
This horse won the triple crown in 1973, becoming the first to do it since 1948.
Who is Secretariat?
This prime minister of the United Kingdom was nicknamed the "Iron Lady" and was very close with President Ronald Reagan.
Who is Margaret Thatcher?
This 1920s political scandal involved the illegal leasing of U.S. Navy petroleum reserves in exchange for bribes, becoming one of the most infamous corruption cases in American history.
What is the Teapot Dome scandal?
This team broke a 83 year World Series drought and a curse in 2004 to win their first championship since 1918.
The Boston Red Sox
In 2014, this band caused a controversy when Apple downloaded their new album to every device in America that ran iTunes.
Who is U2?